‘Ability to buy’ improves across the country – Hamptons

Fine & Country has stepped up the pace of its global domination masterplan, opening 16 new offices in the last five months - 15 in the UK - and planning an imminent move into Russia.

In the second part of our series on what makes a proper property expert, buying agent Tom Hudson explains why putting a price on country houses is more art than science...

You don't necessarily need to plough major capital investment into an estate to boost its value, advises Savills.